Railway art



3 SHEETS'SHEET 2 W. WHALEY. RAILWAY A FILED MAY 25, I922 Feb. 6, 4923.

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WILLIAIVFE WHALEY, 0F KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY ART.

Application filed May 25, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM VVHALE-Y, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway Art, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates particularly to railroad tracks leading to places where cars are to be loaded or work is being performed by a loading or excavating or cutting machine or other apparatus supported on the track, the track requiring forward extension or advancing as the work progresses and space is cleared at the forward end of the track for the support of the extension of the track.

The object of the invention is to provide a method and means for making an endwise extension of such a track by laying tempo- .rary or extension track rails beside permanent rails and letting the temporary rails project beyond the ends of the permanent rails as far as clear ground surface at the time permits, then temporarily securing the extension rails, and afterward releasing the temporary rails and moving them forward as far as clear ground surface then permits, and then again securing said temporary rails, these steps being repeated until the rear ends of the temporary rails clear the ends of the permanently set rails, and then placing the temporary rails into permanent position and securing them in permanent manner.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan of a railway track embodying my improvement;

Fig. 2 is a cross section through two over lapping rails in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line, 3--3, of Fig. 2;

Fig. l is an elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 2, looking toward the left;

Fig. 5 is a modification of the structure shown by Figs. 2 and 3, a set bolt being substituted for a wedge;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing one of the extension rails and a chair supporting said rail;

Fig. 7 is an upright section on the line, 77, of Fig. 6, looking toward the left;

Serial No. 563,506.

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the foot of each rail resting flatwise on the ties and secured thereto, as by ordinary spikes, S, driven into the ties and engaging the foot of the rail.

B, B, are two extension rails. These are like the rails, A, A, in size and shape of cross-section; but they are inverted and over-lap and are temporarily secured to the rails, A, A, while the forward ends of the rails, B, B, rest in chairs which rest on ties,

T, and have the form shown by the drawmgs.

Each inverted rail, B, has its head, B resting on the adjacent foot, A, of the rail, A, and against the adjacent web, A of the rail, A. And the web, B of the rail, B, rests sidewise against the head, A, of the rail, A, and the foot, B rests on the head,

-A of the rail, A. Or I may say that the head of each rail rests against the web and foot of the adjacent rail.

A clamp, C, has a horizontal part, C extending under and against the foot, A of the rail, A. Fron' said horizontal part an upright part, C extends upward nearly to the foot, B of the rail, B, and far enough from the web, B to allow the insertion of a wedge, W, between the part, C and said web. At the opposite side of the rail, A, the clamp, C, has a part, 0, which extends obliquely upward until it bears against the adjacent face of the web, A, of the rail, A. Driving the wedge, parallel to the length of the rails, will cause the part, C to bear with greater force against the web, A and will cause 'reater pressure by the wedge against the web, B Thus the head of each rail is forcibly pressed against the web of the adjacent rail. This results in so securing the extension rails, B, to the permanent rails, A, as to adapt the inverted foot of the extension rail to support track wheels, G, of a car or working structure movable on the track.

Forward of the forward ends of the permanent rails, A, chairs, D, are placed between the ties, T, and the extension rails, 13, for supporting said rails. Each such chair has a flat base, D with marginal notches, D for receiving spikes, S, which are driven into the ties, T, at as many'of the chairs,*D", as is deemed desirable for holding said rails until such time as they are to be placed into permanent position. Each chair has two upright members, I), which are parallel to the le'ngtli of the track andseparated a little more than the horizontal thickness-of the head; B and lesstha-n the width of the foot, B Thus said members, D form a channel within which the head, B of the "rail, B, may rest while the inverted foot, B of said railisseatedwonthe upper edges of said members. At the outer'sideof each member,

D is a web, D formed integral with said mem'berwandithe outer part of the base, D Ineachmember, D of the chairis a horizontal bolt hole, -D placed at the proper height to allow a bolt, D, to extend through said holesand the ordinary splice bar hole, Bfinear the' "forward-end of therail, B. Thus only the forward ends of the extension rails are bolted: The-rails are'not secured to the other chairs ;=but those chairs are also spiked to the ties to such extent as may be' desiredr When more track supporting space has been formed atthe front of the track, one or more additional ties are'laid and chairs placed thereonyand the temporary rails, B, are released anc'l'moved forward and again clampe'dto the: forward permanent rails and seatedin thechairs; This'is repeated IlIltll the rear ends of the rails, B, no longer overlap the' forward permanent rails. Then-the rails, B, are turned into right position, and placed end to-end against the permanent rails, the foot of eachtemporary rail now coming fiatwise on the ties. Then those rails are-permanently secured to the ties, and they are"no-w the forward permanent rails. As

the worlr progresses and additional-tracky supporting space has been provided, another pair:- of rails are inverted and brought into over-lapping positionwith the now forward permanentrails andsupported on ties and chairs;

In Fig. 5, the'wedge, W, is omitted, and a setbolt, C is threadedthrough the upright part, C of the clampand made tobear: against the railweb, B

InFig. 9, a metal cross tie, U, is substituted for the wooden tie shown by the other figures' The'1tie,fU, has bolt holes, U which receive'-'bolts, S in -place of the spikes, S. A WaSl16I', S surroundsleaich bolt above the base, D1. V

I claim as my invention:

1. The herein described method of build ing a railway track, which method consists in laying ties and placing thereon rails having a foot and a web and a head and securingsaid rails on said ties in permanent form with the foot resting onthe ties, and then over-lapping the end of each forward permanent rail with a like rail inverted, the head of each rail beingbrought into engagement with the web and foot of the adjacent rail,'temporarily clamping said rails to each other, and supporting-the parts of said inverted rails which are forward of said permanent rails and thereafter releasingthe' in verted rails and placingthem end-to-end against the forward permanent rails and turning them'into' right positionand securing them in permanent manner, substantiallv as described,

ment with the web and foot of the adjacent raihtmpor-ardy clamping said rails-to each other, and supporting the foot of each of i said inverted rails forward of the permanent rails and thereafter releasing the inverted rails and placing, them end-to-end against the a forward permanent rails and turning thenrinto right position and securing them in permanent manner, substantially as described. I j

3. The herein described method-of building-a railway track, which method consists in layingties and placing thereonrails having a foot and a web and a head and securing said rails on said ties inpermanen't form with the foot restinggonthe ties, and. then over-lapping the end of each forward permanent rail with a like rail inverted, the head of each rail being brought into engagei ment with the web and foot of the adjacent rail, temporarily clamping said railsto each other, and supporting theparts of'said inverted railswhich are forward of said permanent rails and thereafter progressively releasing the inverted rails from the forward rails and moving the inverted rails forward and resecuring and supporting them, until the inverted rails no longeroverlap the forward permanent rails, and then turning said inverted-rails into right posi tion and placingthem end-to-end against the forward ends of the forward permanent ralls, and then securlng the last-placed rails tothe ties in permanent mannensubstantially as described;

4. The herein described method of build inga railway track, which methodconsists in laying tlBSiLIlCl placing thereonrails having a foot and a weband a head and securing said rails on said ties in permanent form with the foot resting on the ties, and then over-lapping the end of each forward permanent rail with a like rail inverted, the head of each rail being brought into engagement with the web and foot of the adjacent rail temporarily clamping said raiis to each other, and supporting the foot of each of said inverted rails forward of the permanent rails and thereafter progressively releasin the inverted rails from the forward rails and moving the inverted rails forward and resecuring and supporting them, until the inverted rails no longer over lap the forward permanent rails, and then turning said inverted rails into right position and placing them end-to-end against the forward ends of the forward permanent rails, and then securing the last-placed rails to the ties in permanent manner, substantially as described.

5. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having a foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the same cross section as the permanent rails and being inverted and over-lapping the forward permanent rails, the head of each over-lapping rail bearing against the foot and web of the adjacent rail, means for clamping the overlapping parts of said rails to each other, and chairs for receiving and supporting the forward parts of the inverted extension rails, substantially as described.

6. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having a foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the same cross section as the permanent rails and being inverted and over-lapping the forward permanent rails, the head of each over-lapping rail bearing against the foot and web of the adjacent rail, means for clamping the overlapping parts of said rails to each other, chairs for receiving and supporting the forward parts of the inverted extension rails, and means for securing said rails to said chairs, substantially as described.

7. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having a foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the same cross section as the permanent rails and being inverted and over-lapping the forward permanent rails, the head of each over-lapping rail bearing against the foot and web of the adjacent rail, means for clamping the over lapping parts of said rails to each other, and chairs having supports for the foot of the inverted extension rails and having a space to receive the head of the inverted rails, substantially as described.

8. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having a foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the cross tlon as the permanent rails and being mverted and over-laping the forward permanent rai the head of each over-lapping rail 1 1 .d L 1 bearing inst the foot and web or the aeto receive the head of he inverted rails, and 4 means for securing the rails to the chairs, substantially as described.

9. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the same cross section as the permanent rails and being inverted and over-lapping the forward permanent the head oi each over-lapping rail bearing against the foot and web of the adjacent rail, means for clamping the overlapping parts of said rails to each other, chairs having supports for the foot or" the inverted extension rails and having a space to receive the head of the inverted rails, and bolts extending horizontally through said chairs and said rails, substantially as described.

10. In the railway art, the combination of ties, permanent rails seated on said ties and having a foot and a web and a head, a pair of extension rails having the same cross section as the permanent rails and being inverted and over-lapping the forward permanent rails, the head of each over-lapping rail bearing against the foot and web of the adjacent rail, clamping means including a wedge for securing the overlaping parts of said rails to each other, and chairs for supporting the forward parts of the extension rails, substantially as described.

. l]. in the railway art, a chair having upright members separated to receive between them the head and web of an inverted rail while the foot of said rail extends across said members, substantially as described.

12. In the railway art, a unitary chair having a base and two upright members adapted to form seats for the foot of an inverted rail and said members being separated to form a space to receive the head of said inverted rail, substantially as described.

13. In the railway art, a unitary chair having a base and two upright members adapted to form seats for the foot of an inverted rail and said members being sepa rated to form a space to receive the head of said inverted rail, and a bolt extending horizontally through said members, substantially as described.

14:. In the railway art, a unitary chair having a base with side notches and having upright members separated to receive between them the head and web of an inverted 15. In the railwayart a chair having a base with side notches and havin two 11 L right members adapted to support the foot of an inverted rail'and said members being separated 1w ipi rfl a spie i'd e' ien'ugh I fr om :10pm bottomto receive thehad of SQld m verted rail, substantially as descnbgad. y

name, this 8th day of May; in the yearuoim thousnnfl nine hundred; and t wpntj -two;

WILLIAM? WHALEY. 

